![]() Gujarati-style lilva kachori
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Place of origin | Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, India |
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Main ingredients | gram flour, moong dal |
Variations | lachhedar kachori, sweet upwas kachori, dahi-kheerey ki kachori[1] |
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Kachori or Kachauri or Kachodi or Katchuri (Hindi कचौड़ी or कचौरी, Bengali কচুরি Odia କଚୋଡ଼ି) is a spicy snack popular in various parts of India and South Asia including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bengal, Telangana and Orissa. It is a popular snack food in Pakistan especially in Karachi. It is also eaten in place that have many Indian descendants such as Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname.
Kachoris have been popular in old Delhi, even before samosas gained in popularity after tte partition.[2] Banarasidas, the author of biographical Ardhakathanaka, has mentioned buying Kachoris in Agra in 1613.[3] For seven months, he bought a ser of Kachoris daily, and owed twenty rupees. [4]
Variations
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Kachori is supposed to have originated in Uttar Pradesh or Rajasthan.[citation needed] In these states it is usually a round flattened ball made of fine flour filled with a stuffing of baked mixture of yellow moong dal or Urad Dal (crushed and washed horse beans), besan (crushed and washed gram flour), black pepper, red chili powder, salt and other spices.
Additionally in Rajasthani cuisine, the Pyaaj Kachori (onion kachori) is very famous. Another form of Kachori which is famous in Jodhpur, Rajasthan is the Mawa Kachori invent by Late Rawat mal ji Deora. It is a sweet dish which is dipped in sugar syrup.
In Gujarat, it is usually a round ball made of flour and dough filled with a stuffing of yellow moong dal, black pepper, red chili powder, and ginger paste.
In Delhi it is often served as a chaat. Also Delhi has another kind of kachori, called 'Khasta kachori' or 'Raj Kachori'.
A variant includes sweet upwas (fast) kachori, made with potato, coconut, and sugar. Kachoris are often served with a chutney, often made from tamarind, mint, or coriander. Another variant is fried and stuffed with pulses (urad and moong especially) and it is generally found in Kutch region in Gujarat. A kachori stuffed with peas is a delicacy in Bengal.
Some of the variants popular in North India include a version similar to the Rajasthan version, accompanied with a curry made of potatoes and varied spices or even chana (chole) similar to one served in chole bhature.
Shegaon Kachori
Shegaon Kachori is a variant of kachori started by Tirathram Karamchand Sharma in 1951 in front of Shegaon railway station. It is a popular dish in Maharashtra and is available in some countries outside of India. It is produced mainly in Akola and surrounding areas. Also delivered by special Kachori vans, it is a popular snack in Vidarbha. It is ISO cerified.
References
- ^ The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | Opinion | Diary. Telegraphindia.com (2009-03-29). Retrieved on 2012-05-19.
- ^ Samosas from Sindh, kachoris from Old Delhi, R. V. SMITH, The Hindu, January 30, 2016
- ^ Banarasidas, Ardha-Kathanaka, verses 335-342
- ^ Nathuram Premi, Kavivar Banarsidas viracit Ardha Kathanaka, Bombay, Hindi Granth Ratnakar, 1957
तब घर मैं बैठे रहैं, जांहि न हाट बाजार. मधुमालति मिरगावती, पौथी दोइ उचार || ३३५ || ते बांचहिं रजनी-समै, आवहिं नर दस बीस. गावहिं अरु बातैं करहिं, नित उठि देंहि असीस || ३३६ || सो सामा घर मैं नहीं, जो प्रभात उठि खाइ. एक कचौरी-बाल नर, कथा सुनै नित आइ || ३३७ || वाकी हाट उधार करि, लेंहि कचौरी सेर. यह प्रासुक भोजन करहिं, नित उठि सांझ सबेर || ३३८ || कबहू आवहिं हाट मंहि, कबहू डेरा मांहि. दसा न काहू सौं कहैं, करज कचौरी खांहि || ३३९ || एक दिवस बानारसी, समै पाइ एकंत. कहै कचौरी-बाल सौं, गुपत गेह-बिरतंत || ३४० || तुम उधार दीनौ बहुत, आगै अब जिनि देहु. मेरे पास किछू नहिं, दाम कहां सौं लेहु || ३४१ || कहै कचौरी-बाल नर, बीस रुपया खाहु. तुम सौं कोउ न कछु कहै, जही भावै तही जाहु || ३४२ |